Visual Studio Setup

Installation and containerization of the Visual Studio family of products

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 may complain that another patch is installed even after removing it

If Visual Studio 2008 SP1 prompts you to run the Microsoft Visual Studio Patch removal tool, it means that a patch or product is installed that would cause issues when installing VS2008 SP1. The dialog is shown below. (image) If you run the the patch removal tool and are still seeing this dialog, please follow the workaround below. ...